Michael Bender
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Cairo, New York, United States
About the store
Virginia Competency and Literacy Assessment (VCLA for teachers) and PRAXIS I, experience in English Tutoring & Instruction includes: International Language School ESL for multinational corporate executives, diplomats, foreign government officials and their spouses from Saudi Arabia, China, France, Latin America, South Korea, Iran, Tunisia, Japan, U.A.E., Benin, France, Hungary, Peru, and others. Middle School (6th and 7th grades): Reading for English as a Second Language and Reading Challenged students and English instruction to 4th, 5th level students, 5th grade and PSAT classes, Korean English Summer Camp on the GMU campus, Study Concepts, Inc. Integrated English summer programs (design and implementation) K-12, in addition to private tutoring.
Michael Bender has taught English at Berlitz Language Schools, Global LT and Language Trainers, Study Concepts Inc., Korean English Summer Camp and studied foreign languages at the Foreign Service Institute, Diplomatic Language School and Berlitz Language Schools.
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Halloween Pumpkin Story - Elaboration - Reading Comprehension 2
A series of theme-based individual lesson plans using a unique integrated visual approach to stimulate and facilitate learning and comprehension. While these plans have been, and are being very successfully used with students 3rd grade and above, they are not designed to replace current academic words appropriate for the respective grade levels. Each plan is designed to enrich, encourage and demonstrate the power of integrated learning techniques to provide advanced language skills. For example,
3rd - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary
A Mother's Pearl
An Iranian American Story of Culture, Religion and a Mother's Love
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Reading, Short Stories
About Procrastination - Reading Comprehension 3
A series of theme-based individual lesson plans using a unique integrated visual approach to stimulate and facilitate learning and comprehension. While these plans have been, and are being very successfully used with students 3rd grade and above, they are not designed to replace current academic words appropriate for the respective grade levels. Each plan is designed to enrich, encourage and demonstrate the power of integrated learning techniques to provide advanced language skills. For example,
3rd - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary
Bullying, or Do Bullies Have a Future? - Reading Comprehension 4
A series of theme-based individual lesson plans using a unique integrated visual approach to stimulate and facilitate learning and comprehension. While these plans have been, and are being very successfully used with students 3rd grade and above, they are not designed to replace current academic words appropriate for the respective grade levels. Each plan is designed to enrich, encourage and demonstrate the power of integrated learning techniques to provide advanced language skills. For example,
3rd - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary
How to Teach English Reading and Writing Skills in an Age of AI
Navigate AI in Your English Classroom with Confidence—Complete Guide with Ready-to-Use Lesson Plans, Policies & ToolsFeeling overwhelmed by AI in your literacy classroom? You're not alone. ChatGPT and other AI tools have changed everything about teaching reading and writing—but you don't have to figure it out alone. This comprehensive 200+ page guide gives you everything you need to teach English reading and writing skills effectively in the AI age, with a practical approach that works WITH tec
3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Creative Writing, Writing, Writing-Essays
The Urgent Need to Develop Critical Thinking Skills in an Age of AI
Neural Pathways, Not Prompts: Why Authentic Literacy Education Cannot Be Outsourced to AI by Michael Bender (Author) Format: Kindle Edition This is not a story about cheating. This is a story about neural development—and what happens when an entire generation outsources the intellectual struggle that creates the neural pathways for authentic thinking, deep reading, and real writing. The Brain Doesn't Develop Without Struggle Neuroscience is clear: intellectual capacity isn't fixed knowledge—it'
K - 12th, Higher Education
Creative Writing, Reading, Writing-Essays
VISUALIZATION AND MULTIMEDIA USE IN VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION
This paper explores the use of visualization techniques and multimedia resources in teaching English vocabulary to native speakers and second language learners. Until recently, vocabulary
instruction was considered secondary to grammar, but with a recent shift in focus, new methods have become available to teach vocabulary more effectively, ensuring higher retention rates. Many students face difficulty when developing their English vocabulary, but
through these new methodologies, they are better
3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Instructional Technology, Reading, Vocabulary
Writing is Not Just for Writers
Punctuation, Style and Why Writing Well Matters
4th - 12th
English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays
A Lesson in Comprehension, Critical Reading and Writing
This lesson is designed to stimulate critical thinking about word choice, context, and analysis and to encourage students to understand motivation and to conduct research through pros and cons.
3rd - 12th
Reading, Vocabulary
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About the store
Experience
Virginia Competency and Literacy Assessment (VCLA for teachers) and PRAXIS I, experience in English Tutoring & Instruction includes: International Language School ESL for multinational corporate executives, diplomats, foreign government officials and their spouses from Saudi Arabia, China, France, Latin America, South Korea, Iran, Tunisia, Japan, U.A.E., Benin, France, Hungary, Peru, and others. Middle School (6th and 7th grades): Reading for English as a Second Language and Reading Challenged students and English instruction to 4th, 5th level students, 5th grade and PSAT classes, Korean English Summer Camp on the GMU campus, Study Concepts, Inc. Integrated English summer programs (design and implementation) K-12, in addition to private tutoring.
Michael Bender has taught English at Berlitz Language Schools, Global LT and Language Trainers, Study Concepts Inc., Korean English Summer Camp and studied foreign languages at the Foreign Service Institute, Diplomatic Language School and Berlitz Language Schools.
Teaching style
Completely interactive, visual, encouraging, stretching the mind.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them! Albert Einstein.
If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; If
what is said is not what is meant, Then what ought to be done remains undone. -Confucius
Awards & shining teacher moments
2010 Winter Max Award for Distinguished Service, Princeton Language Center
Bronze Medal, Superior Federal Service, Outstanding ITA Employee of the Year
Sustained Superior Service Award, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service
Humanitarian Award for Support of Health Education Efforts in Iraq
My own education history
B.A. Political Science, American University
Certificate in International Law, First Degree with Distinction, City of London College
Executive Masters in General Administration, University of Maryland
TESOL, Norther Virginia Community College
Teach English as a Second Language to Adults, University of Virginia
Additional biographical information
In addition to education, Michael Bender has been engaged in international business and cultural activities for more than 20 years in the private and public sectors. He was Consulting Director of International Business Development (for consumer products) and served as a Commercial Attaché in U.S. Embassies in the Middle East and Africa, as CEO of Artek Systems Corporation and Imaging Products International, Inc. and held various senior executive positions in the United States in the high technology sector with Dynatech Corporation and a European IT Management and Consulting firm. He was Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the Al-Bader Group in Kuwait for 6 years and remains an educational software consultant and Director for a U.S. & European IT company.He is currently attending a graduate program at the University of Virginia for teaching ESL to Adults and Norther Virginia Community College ESL Teaching Program.
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